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Army May 23, 2013
27
DEFENCE rowers marked Anzac
Day on the water this year as a strong
contingent of 30 rowers competed
in the Australian Masters Rowing
Championships over four days on Lake
Burley Griffin.
Adding to the military flavour the
Federation Guard provided a catafalque
party for the regatta Anzac Day service
on the first day of racing, and HMAS
Harman conducted a ceremonial sunset
service at the end of the third day.
The championship, held from April
25-28, involved more than 1100 partici-
pants from across Australia competing
in eights, fours, quads, pairs, doubles
and single sculls for the chance to win a
national title.
The regatta started with the inaugu-
ral Anzac Challenge Cup, which saw
current and former military personnel
and Defence civilians race in six eights
competing for the new trophy, with the
Army beating the Navy and Air Force
eights at the finish-line in a closely
fought race.
Australian Defence Rowing
Association (ADRA) rowers competed
across the range of events offered over
the four days, with several Army rowers
walking away with a collection of gold,
silver and bronze medals.
Gnrs Ian Mongan and Mark
Partridge won the B division men's pair,
with Gnr Mongan backing up for a win
in the A division pair with Navy team-
mate LS Nathan White.
Gnrs Mongan and Partridge and
LS White teamed up again for the B
Division four and walked away with
a silver medal, while another Defence
crew of Lt-Col Chris McKay, Maj Brett
Nelson, Leut-Cmdr Andrew Willett and
Capt Nicholas Williams finished just
outside of the medals in the same race
coming in fourth.
In the women's events, SCdt
Katherine Clarkson claimed gold in
the heavily contested A Division single
scull event, and a composite Defence
and civilian crew of Brig Alison Creagh,
Maj Clare O'Neill, Flt-Lt Danielle Jolly
and Janice Jago won a bronze medal in
the C Division of the women's eight.
Defence rowers were also selected
as representatives in state crews to
compete in interstate races, with Maj-
Gen Michael Clifford (retd) and Geoff
Brown selected in the ACT men's eight;
and Leut-Cmdr Kym Fisher, Capt
Williams, CPO Andy Horsburgh select-
ed in the ACT men's quadruple scull.
ADRA President Leut-Cmdr Fisher
said for a young organisation the results
were fantastic.
"It was an incredible effort," Leut-
Cmdr Fisher said.
"To get these results at a tough
regatta after only three years as an asso-
ciation reflects the talent and hard work
of our members."
Enablers on top
Men's and women's teams show 1, 3 & 7 Bdes how it's done
Soldiers shine at Aussie Masters Rowing
Strong results: B Division Men's Eight stroked by LS Nathan White,
with Gnr Ian Mongan in seat seven, Gnr Mark Partridge in seat six and
Maj Rob Curtin in seat four with fellow local cslub members on their way
to a silver medal.
Photo by Peter Williams of Icon Photos
Hard hitting: Enabler Bde's Pte Haley Sullivan shows great technique
with a driving tackle on LCpl Trudy Cahill from 3 Bde. Photo by Lt Adrian Parry
Tim Asher
THE Enabler Brigade teams
clinched both the men's and
women's titles from 3 Bde in
the inaugural Army Inter-
Brigade Rugby Union competi-
tion in Brisbane from April 26
to May 2.
The men's team convincingly
won 48-7, with the women's team
snatching victory in the final sec-
onds 22-17.
The competition involved a
round of qualifying matches, fol-
lowed by Cup and Plate (1st vs
2nd and 3rd vs 4th respectively)
finals, with teams from the com-
posite "Enabler" Bde (6 Bde, 16
Avn Bde, 17CSS Bde and NSW
and Victorian units), 1 Bde, 3 Bde
and 7 Bde.
The women's competition was
seven-a-side and the men's was a
traditional XIV, both designed to
assist the Australian Army Rugby
Union selectors with choosing the
teams for the Australian Services
Rugby Carnival (ASRC).
In the qualifying round, the
men's Enablers defeated 7 Bde
27-5 at Suncorp Stadium in the
curtain raiser to the Friday night
Reds vs Blues Super Rugby match.
Teams for 1 Bde and 3 Bde
then played at Ballymore in a bru-
tal contest, which 3 Bde won 25-10
on the Tuesday. Injuries influenced
their finals matches, two days later.
The women's competition was
a round robin, with 3 Bde and
Enabler Bde qualifying for the Cup
final.
The Women's Plate was a one-
sided match, with 7 Bde defeating
1 Bde 41-0. The match featured
player of the carnival Sgt Annie
Dufficy (APAC-SQ) scoring four
tries and topping the tackle count.
In the men's Plate, 7 Bde
defeated 1 Bde 35-7. Tpr Luke
Miles, of 2/14LHR (QMI),
was the standout player and
was awarded player of the
carnival.
In the women's Cup, Enabler
Bde trailed 3 Bde until Cpl Molly
Gray scored with three minutes on
the clock to level the scores. With
only seconds remaining, Enabler's
Capt Kate Porter capitalised on a
scrum movement to score, and take
the Cup 22-17.
The men's Cup was unfortu-
nately one-sided, but 3 Bde refused
to concede. Down 48-0, with 15
minutes to go, their forwards, led
by Lt Mat Hamill, finally cracked
the try line. Standout players were
Cpl Issac Harris from Enablers and
Bdr Jade Godbolt from 3 Bde.
ASRC results in the next edition.
ASRC ARMY TEAMS
Men's
Lt Jason Squires, Pte Apaitia Matalau, Cfn
Timothy Wikaira, Lt David Bellas, Sgt Scott
Ashurst, Cfn Adam Nixon, Pte Siaka King,
Maj Scott Davidson, Pte Scott Geronimi,
Maj Chris Marr, Lt Ashley Naughton, Tpr
Luke Miles, Cfn Logan Chin, Lt Matthew
Hamill, Pte Zachary Rolfe, Spr Isikeli
Fukofuka, Pte Lachlan Triggs, Cpl Isaac
Harris, Pte Dylan McGregor, Capt Taylor
Luxford-Sanderson, Pte Simione Corfe
Vuniwaqalevu, Capt Alexander Davidson,
Cpl Jindanapalai Narongchai, Cfn Jeremy
Nelson, Pte Brad Newby, Cfn Aaron Resch,
Lt Joshua Borrill, Gnr Jordan Tzafaris, Bdr
Jade Godbolt, Cpl Brendan Bowring, Lt
Glen Little and Sgt Benjamin Jones.
Women's
Pte Georgia Smith, Pte Ellie Gray, Pte
Talesha Quinn, LCpl Trudy Cahill, Cfn
Phillipa Finlay, Pte Hayley Sullivan, Sgt
Anne Dufficy, Cpl Tanya Turnbull, LCpl Lucy
Lockhart, LCpl Sarah Petchell, Cpl Lauren
Tucker, Pte Brea Grant, Pte Tessa Dawson,
OCdt Sharyn Laws, Cpl Fesheena Nevell,
Sgt Kelly Boye, Cpl Emma-Lee Wood, Cpl
Penny Dukes, Cpl Jessica Clifford, Capt
Caroline Vakalahi, Cpl Vashti Henderson,
LCpl Angelina Sheppard, Pte Salesia
Navuetaki and Capt Arriana Keeys.